Patricia Stoltey

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Go Team!

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I’m watchng the U.S vs Canada hockey game today, so forgive me for not putting up a real post. See you tomorrow.

Bits and Pieces and Earthquakes (Oh, My!)

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I just tweeted the definition of a blog to someone who asked (facetiously, I believe) “Whats a blog?” My answer: “A blog is a type of headache, kinda like a migraine.” I’m just kidding though. Even on the days when I can’t think of much to say, I still like stopping by to tell you …Read More

Talking About My Town in Northern Colorado

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My Town is famous. My Town is in the news all the time. We got yer internationally famous balloon boy hoax. And we got yer medical marijuana dispensaries spreading like weeds. And we got yer burlesque booty school at the Cupcake Cabaret. And we even got yer zombies. My interview with Brian Kaufman (the zombie …Read More

The Prolific Blogger Award

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Carol Kilgore at Under the Tiki Hut was sweet enough to include me on her list of bloggers to receive the Prolific Blogger Award. Congratulations for winning the award yourself, Carol, and thanks so much for giving me the nod when you passed it on. I often feel like the blogger on the award looks…a …Read More

More About Zombies

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I thought yesterday’s comment about zombies would get your attention. Here’s the scoop: A member of our Raintree Writers critique group, Brian Kaufman, has just released his new novel, Dead Beyond the Fence: A Novel of the Zombie Apocalypse. That’s Brian over there on the left. The cover photo on the right is a picture …Read More

Brain Freeze

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Uh oh. Brain freeze. Okay. Here we go. Three Reasons Why I Shouldn’t Write a Serious Writerly Post Today: 1. The sun is shining. 2. I’m attending a zombie walk tonight. 3. I skipped lunch. That’s my story, and I’m sticking to it.

Revising That Ugly First Draft

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I’m a little crazy, I guess, because I enjoy the revision phase of novel writing even more than I like the creative phase. Here’s how I go about it. Step One: Sort all the critique pages from my critique group. I have feedback for the first thirteen chapters so far. I put them in page …Read More

Winner of the Second Box of Books

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The winner of the second mystery/thriller book giveaway is: Marvin D. Wilson Marvin lives in Michigan (lots of snow there, I bet). He blogs at The Old Silly’s Free Spirit Blog and is on Twitter as @Paize_Fiddler. My scientific method of selection: I number the entries as they come in, make up little entry papers …Read More

First Sentences from the Giveaway Books

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Tomorrow’s the big day. I’ll conduct my scientific selection of the winner of the box of mysteries and thrillers and then will post an announcement here. U.S. residents may enter up to midnight tonight (Mountain Time). The list of books I’m giving away and the giveaway rules are in my February 7th post. Let’s look …Read More

Bits and Pieces on Another Gray Day

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Snow on the Tulips Yep, it snowed again. The forecast says we’ll get more this weekend. It’s not a lot, not a blizzard or anything like that, but the skies are constantly overcast. I’m spoiled, I guess. Since moving to Northern Colorado in 1998, I’ve grown accustomed to lots of sunshine. This dreariness is affecting …Read More